so here i was
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a 35-year-old single woman with no financial security, but many life experiences behind me. Did that mean nothing? Afterall, heartbreak and breakups are the hardest kind of work, so shouldn't there be some sort of credit for enduring them? AND if not, how do you retain a sense of value when you have nothing concrete to show for it... because at the end, of yet ANOTHER failed relationship, when all you have are war wounds and self-doubt, you have to wonder..... what's it all worth? :/
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Very shocking Carrie.
oh, ur good shugaban_001 so good. <3
Tbh? I feel this in my chest. Pple act like value only shows up as money, marriage, kids, or some shiny achievement they can point at… but a lot of life is lived in the invisible places nobody claps for. Emotional endurance is real. Surviving heartbreak is real. Picking yourself up after someone you trusted drops you is work in the truest sense. It reshapes you, sometimes in painful ways. But the part that easy to forget is: none of those experiences were for nothing.They’ve made you wiser, sharper, more aware of what you want, what you can’t tolerate, and who you absolutely refuse to shrink for again. That is a kind of currency, not the kind society praises, but the kind that keeps you from settling into the wrong life. And yhhh, sometimes when a relationship ends, all you’re left with is tiredness and doubt and the annoying question of What was the point? You’re not crazy for asking that. Everyone has that moment. Everyone. But your value isn’t something you accumulate like trophies. It’s something you carry, the way you think, the way you love, the way you keep trying even when you’re scared. That’s not nothing. That’s literally everything. You’re allowed to feel bruised. You’re allowed to question. Just don’t confuse a rough patch with your whole story. You’re still becoming someone that someone else will be grateful they waited for, and more importantly, someone you will be proud of.